Message of the President of the United States and Accompanying Documents

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Side 37 I allude, of course, to the unlawful and unconstitutional attempt which is being
made to detach several of the States from the federal Union, and to organize
them as an independent republic under the name of the “Confederate States of ...

Side 39 ... in his opinion, no apprehension need be entertained as to Prussian subjects
engaging under the authority of the so-called Confederate States in fitting out
privateers, or in any manner interfering with our commerce. Prussia has but few
ports.

Side 40 The fidelity and firmness exhibited with such unanimity by our own people in
sustaining the administration in their efforts to put down the outrages of the so-
called “Confederate States,” whilst it astonishes the people of the old world, is at
the ...

Side 53 ... of their scheme to organize several of the States in a new revolutionary
government, under the name of the Confederate ... thus fail for want of ultimate
adoption by the States themselves which are expected to constitute the new confederacy.

Side 55 SIR: I had a conversation to-day with M. de Wrière on the subject of the efforts of
the commissioners of the so-called “Confederate States” to obtain recognition of
the European powers. He informed me that no application had been made to him
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Side 189 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.

Side 165 - Government, directly or indirectly, commences or carries on any verbal or written correspondence or intercourse with any foreign Government or any officer or agent thereof, with an intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign Government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the Government of the United States...

Side 192 - Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.

Side 19 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

Side 19 - No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up from poverty; none less inclined to take or touch aught which they have not honestly earned. Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which if surrendered will surely be used to close the door of advancement against such as they and to fix new...

Side 18 - It is not needed nor fitting here that a general argument should be made in favor of popular institutions, but there is one point with its connections not so hackneyed as most others, to which I ask a brief attention. It is the effort to place capital on an equal footing with, if not above, labor in the structure of government.

Side 19 - It is not forgotten that a considerable number of persons mingle their own labor with capital — that is, they labor with their own hands, and also buy or hire others to labor for them; but this is only a mixed, and not a distinct class. No principle stated is disturbed by the existence of this mixed class.

Side 147 - Considering : That maritime law, in time of war, has long been the subject of deplorable disputes; That the uncertainty of the law and of the duties in such a matter gives rise to differences of opinion between neutrals and belligerents which may occasion serious difficulties, and even conflicts; That it is consequently advantageous to establish a uniform doctrine on so important a point...